Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't. Why should we? They talk about the people and the proletariat. I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing.
11 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:19:47.615 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I carry a gun. I don't think they'd look for a bullet wound after you hit that ground.
- And found Harbin? Mmm-hmm. Pity.
- What fools we are talking to each other this way as though I'd do anything to you or you to me.
- You're just a little mixed up about things in general.
- They have their five-year plans, and so have I.
- Oh, I still do believe in God, old man. I believe in God and mercy and all that.
- But, the dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils.
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